Getting Married in Buffalo Jump is a 1990 Canadian TV movie filmed in Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

, Canada. In specific Cowley

Cowley, Alberta

Cowley is a village in the Municipal District of Pincher Creek, Alberta. It is located west of Lethbridge in Southern Alberta.It was settled in the 1880s and was named by a rancher...

, Lundbeck, and Pincher Creek

Pincher Creek, Alberta

Pincher Creek is a town in the southwest of Alberta, Canada. It is located immediately east of the Canadian Rockies in the centre of ranching country, north of Waterton Lakes National Park.The town's mayor is Ernie Olsen.- History :...

. It was directed by Eric Till

Eric Till

Eric Till is a British film and television director working in Canada, the United States, and Europe since the 1960s.-Career:...

 and stars Wendy Crewson

Wendy Crewson

-Life and career:Crewson was born in Hamilton, Ontario, the daughter of June Doreen and Robert Binnie Crewson. She attended Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, where she won the prestigious Lorne Greene Award for outstanding work in the theater. She then studied at the Webber Douglas Academy...

 and Paul Gross

Paul Gross

Paul Michael Gross is a Canadian actor, producer, director, singer and writer born in Calgary, Alberta. He is known for his lead role as Constable Benton Fraser in the television series Due South as well as his 2008 war film Passchendaele, which he wrote, produced, directed, and starred in...

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Plot

After her father's death Sophie Ware returns to her home town in hopes of running the family ranch. She struggles with the awkwardness of being home as she is now used to living in a big city as an accomplished musician. She is surprised when Alex, the farm's handyman, offers her a marriage of convenience in order to keep the farm afloat.

Cast

• Wendy Crewson
  Wendy Crewson
  -Life and career:Crewson was born in Hamilton, Ontario, the daughter of June Doreen and Robert Binnie Crewson. She attended Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, where she won the prestigious Lorne Greene Award for outstanding work in the theater. She then studied at the Webber Douglas Academy...
  
    as Sophie Ware
• Paul Gross
  Paul Gross
  Paul Michael Gross is a Canadian actor, producer, director, singer and writer born in Calgary, Alberta. He is known for his lead role as Constable Benton Fraser in the television series Due South as well as his 2008 war film Passchendaele, which he wrote, produced, directed, and starred in...
  
    as Alex Bresnyachuk
• Marion Gilsenan as Vera Ware
• Victoria Snow as Eleanor
• Murray Cruchley
  Murray Cruchley
  Lee Murray is the stage name of Murray Cruchley, a Canadian actor and radio personality.-Roles:* City on Fire - Tony Miller* Death Ship - Parsons* The Agency - New Copywriter* Scanners - Programmer 1...
  
    as Robert Marcovich
• Kyra Harper as Annie
• Diane Gordon as Momma Bresnyachuk
• Ivan Horsky as Poppa Bresnyachuk
• Florence Patterson as Irene McCallum
• Alexander Brown as Bennie
• Andy Maton as Walter
• Kirk Grayson as Dance teacher
• Kent McNeill as Luke Bresnyachuk
• Lesley Schatz as Country Singer
• J.C. Roberts as Rancher in Bar

Awards

The film was nominated for four Gemini

Gemini Award

The Gemini Awards are annual television broadcasting industry awards in Canada.First awarded in 1986, the Geminis celebrate the achievements of TV members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Essentially, it presents awards for the best television productions in Canada. Awards are...

 awards:

1. Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series for Wendy Crewson
   Wendy Crewson
   -Life and career:Crewson was born in Hamilton, Ontario, the daughter of June Doreen and Robert Binnie Crewson. She attended Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, where she won the prestigious Lorne Greene Award for outstanding work in the theater. She then studied at the Webber Douglas Academy...
   
   
2. Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for Marion Gilsenan
3. Best TV Movie for Flora Macdonald and Peter Kelly
4. Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series for John Frizzell
   John Frizzell
   John B. Frizzell is a Canadian screenwriter and film producer.After several years writing, directing and co-producing the documentary series A Different Understanding for TVOntario, Frizzell joined partners Niv Fichman, Barbara Willis Sweete and Larry Weinstein to found the Canadian production...